The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Yorkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Analyst
Rank 71 50 65
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 42 68 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 2.213% 2.967% 1.981%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.344% 3.129% 2.111%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 28 5
Average daily rate £176 £235 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +4.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £106 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £263 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £248 £220 £225
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 17
Average hourly rate £15.25 £14.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.92% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.75 £11.00 £7.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.80 £16.90 £22.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1792 2173 1705
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.42% 94.81% 93.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1162 788
Average daily rate £320 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 104 127
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -16.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £10.30 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.30 £30.50 £33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Support Analyst
England

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Support Analyst across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Support Analyst across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Analyst across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Yorkshire Support Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Support Analyst across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Analyst across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Yorkshire Support Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West Yorkshire -24 20 £250 +4.16%
South Yorkshire +1 12 £175 -5.40%
East Yorkshire - 4 - -
North Yorkshire -7 1 £120 -31.42%
Support Analyst
England

Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Support Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Support Analyst in their job title.

1 74 (65.49%) Windows
2 31 (27.43%) Active Directory
3 30 (26.55%) ITIL
3 30 (26.55%) MS Office
3 30 (26.55%) Microsoft
4 26 (23.01%) SQL
4 26 (23.01%) IIS
5 24 (21.24%) UNIX
5 24 (21.24%) Linux
5 24 (21.24%) Windows XP
6 23 (20.35%) SQL Server
7 22 (19.47%) Windows 7
8 19 (16.81%) .NET
9 18 (15.93%) SLA
10 16 (14.16%) FTP
11 15 (13.27%) Firewall
11 15 (13.27%) Windows Server 2008
12 14 (12.39%) Citrix
12 14 (12.39%) Windows Server 2003
12 14 (12.39%) Java
13 13 (11.50%) XML
14 12 (10.62%) Security Cleared
14 12 (10.62%) WebSphere
15 11 (9.735%) Service Management
15 11 (9.735%) Finance
15 11 (9.735%) IBM
15 11 (9.735%) Oracle
15 11 (9.735%) MS Exchange
16 10 (8.850%) VMware
17 9 (7.965%) Solaris

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Support Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (16.81%) .NET
2 13 (11.50%) XML
3 12 (10.62%) WebSphere
4 9 (7.965%) J2EE
5 5 (4.425%) Middleware
5 5 (4.425%) JDBC
6 4 (3.540%) HTML
7 2 (1.770%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.770%) JSP
7 2 (1.770%) Web Services
8 1 (0.885%) Servlets
8 1 (0.885%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 26 (23.01%) IIS
2 11 (9.735%) MS Exchange
3 8 (7.080%) WebSphere Application Server
4 7 (6.195%) IBM HTTP Server
4 7 (6.195%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (5.310%) Lotus Notes
5 6 (5.310%) Tomcat
6 5 (4.425%) MQSeries
6 5 (4.425%) Apache
7 4 (3.540%) Lotus Domino
7 4 (3.540%) SharePoint
8 3 (2.655%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (1.770%) CMS
9 2 (1.770%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.885%) WorkSite
10 1 (0.885%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 30 (26.55%) MS Office
2 8 (7.080%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.885%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.655%) Line 500
2 2 (1.770%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.770%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.770%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.16%) FTP
2 15 (13.27%) Firewall
3 6 (5.310%) LAN
4 5 (4.425%) HTTP
4 5 (4.425%) WAN
5 4 (3.540%) DNS
5 4 (3.540%) SAN
5 4 (3.540%) VoIP
6 3 (2.655%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.655%) Wireless
7 2 (1.770%) VLAN
8 1 (0.885%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.885%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.885%) MPLS
8 1 (0.885%) DEFINITY
8 1 (0.885%) DHCP
8 1 (0.885%) VPN
8 1 (0.885%) LDAP
8 1 (0.885%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (20.35%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.080%) DB2
3 5 (4.425%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (2.655%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.770%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 2 (1.770%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (9.735%) Finance
2 8 (7.080%) Retail
3 4 (3.540%) Law
3 4 (3.540%) Legal
3 4 (3.540%) Manufacturing
3 4 (3.540%) Telecoms
3 4 (3.540%) Games
3 4 (3.540%) Banking
4 2 (1.770%) Back Office
4 2 (1.770%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.770%) French Language
4 2 (1.770%) German Language
4 2 (1.770%) Spanish Language
5 1 (0.885%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.655%) Replication
2 1 (0.885%) Fat Client
2 1 (0.885%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (0.885%) NHS
2 1 (0.885%) Thin Client
2 1 (0.885%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 74 (65.49%) Windows
2 24 (21.24%) UNIX
2 24 (21.24%) Linux
2 24 (21.24%) Windows XP
3 22 (19.47%) Windows 7
4 15 (13.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (12.39%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (7.965%) Solaris
7 6 (5.310%) AIX
8 5 (4.425%) Windows 2000
8 5 (4.425%) Windows Vista
9 2 (1.770%) SUSE
9 2 (1.770%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.885%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.885%) Fedora
10 1 (0.885%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.885%) Windows NT
10 1 (0.885%) VMS
10 1 (0.885%) Windows CE
10 1 (0.885%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (26.55%) ITIL
2 11 (9.735%) Service Management
3 4 (3.540%) RAD
3 4 (3.540%) Time Management
4 3 (2.655%) Migration
4 3 (2.655%) E-Commerce
4 3 (2.655%) ERP
5 2 (1.770%) Programme Management
5 2 (1.770%) Change Control
5 2 (1.770%) Software Deployment
5 2 (1.770%) Validation
5 2 (1.770%) Data Migration
5 2 (1.770%) Use Case
5 2 (1.770%) Fault Management
6 1 (0.885%) Integration Testing
6 1 (0.885%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (0.885%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (0.885%) ITIL V3
6 1 (0.885%) Software Distribution
6 1 (0.885%) Programme Office Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (23.01%) SQL
2 14 (12.39%) Java
3 7 (6.195%) Perl
3 7 (6.195%) Bash shell
4 4 (3.540%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.655%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.770%) C#
6 2 (1.770%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.770%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.885%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (10.62%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.080%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (5.310%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.425%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.540%) Degree
5 4 (3.540%) MCSE
6 3 (2.655%) MCSA
6 3 (2.655%) MCP
6 3 (2.655%) CCNA
6 3 (2.655%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (2.655%) MCDST
7 2 (1.770%) MOS
8 1 (0.885%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.885%) CCNP
8 1 (0.885%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.93%) SLA
2 1 (0.885%) QA
2 1 (0.885%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (27.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.195%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.655%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.885%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (3.540%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (2.655%) Backup Exec
2 3 (2.655%) SCCM
3 1 (0.885%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.885%) CA Wily
3 1 (0.885%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (0.885%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 30 (26.55%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.39%) Citrix
3 11 (9.735%) Oracle
3 11 (9.735%) IBM
4 10 (8.850%) VMware
5 7 (6.195%) Cisco
6 6 (5.310%) Lotus
7 5 (4.425%) HP
8 4 (3.540%) Symantec
9 3 (2.655%) Sage
9 3 (2.655%) LANDesk
9 3 (2.655%) Avaya
10 2 (1.770%) Dell
10 2 (1.770%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.885%) Sophos
11 1 (0.885%) Verint
11 1 (0.885%) AppSense
11 1 (0.885%) Sun
11 1 (0.885%) SAP
11 1 (0.885%) Cognos
Yorkshire and the Humber
You will be involved in software development (C#, ASP.NET and T-SQL), service design, application support and maintenance, change requests, incident resolution, testing and technical support for...
Amoria Bond
Posted: 11 May 2013